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Wildfires in Haiti
4 fires over 1,000 hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS since 2021, adding up to 9,110 hectares burned across 8 communes.
Only fires of 1,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the entry totals, but they are in the GWIS yearly series.
The season, week by week
Copernicus GWISHaiti, at this point in the year: 6,490 hectares, below the 2012–2025 average of 12,802.
2026
average 2012–2025
lowest and highest
The GWIS yearly series
2012–2026Yearly average 2016–202513,039 ha
Worst year2023 23,307 ha
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›See the year-by-year table
| Year | Fires | hectares | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 6,633 | GWIS |
| 2025 | 46 | 8,671 | GWIS |
| 2024 | 50 | 7,558 | GWIS |
| 2023 | 124 | 23,307 | GWIS |
| 2022 | 76 | 11,231 | GWIS |
| 2021 | 94 | 15,551 | GWIS |
| 2020 | 144 | 21,346 | GWIS |
| 2019 | 97 | 15,244 | GWIS |
| 2018 | 54 | 9,836 | GWIS |
| 2017 | 67 | 10,194 | GWIS |
| 2016 | 47 | 7,448 | GWIS |
| 2015 | 96 | 16,455 | GWIS |
| 2014 | 59 | 10,165 | GWIS |
| 2013 | 119 | 22,381 | GWIS |
| 2012 | 98 | 16,000 | GWIS |
National estimates from Copernicus GWIS, rebuilt from heat detections since 2012.
When it burned: year by year, month by month
Hectares with a perimeter estimated by GWIS by the fire’s starting month, and the largest fire of each year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Σ | Largest of the year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2k | 2,266 | Croix des Bouquets 2,266 ha | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 5k | 5,209 | Croix des Bouquets 3,498 ha | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 2k | 1,635 | Croix des Bouquets 1,635 ha |
Hectares burned per year
Largest recorded fires
By region
- Département de l'Ouest 7,189 ha · 3
- Sud Department 1,293 ha · 1
- Département de la Grande-Anse 428 ha · 1
- Département du Sud-Est 242 ha · 2